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[hoosiermama]

H is just pushing for full custody so he won't have to pay me child support. He doesn't follow through with his actions though. He likes having a busy single life and vacationing with OW. I don't think he's really thought or even understands what life would be like if he did get full custody and put them in public school. I think he's a great dad for the 10 hours or so he puts into them, but it's much different when you're the primary caretaker of course!!!

Karen--I could have written the same thing, exactly. I think we need to protect our kids from that kind of thing, as well as the decreased standard of living (and eating!) they will have when they're with us, without child support. For me, I know that if H does end up with 50/50 custody as he wants, he'll be calling me several times a week to get me to have D for extra time because he's busy.

I won't allow that again. I used to sit there and take it every time, but I have gotten much better about that. Still working on perfecting that though!

Good for you.